{"id":455,"date":"2017-09-01T16:14:37","date_gmt":"2017-09-01T16:14:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/newsletter\/?p=455"},"modified":"2017-09-06T17:12:37","modified_gmt":"2017-09-06T17:12:37","slug":"summer-oneill-improvements","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/newsletter\/summer-oneill-improvements\/","title":{"rendered":"Summer O’Neill Improvements"},"content":{"rendered":"

As usual, we spent the summer making noise and dust in order to make O\u2019Neill a better place for research and collaboration.<\/p>\n

You\u2019ll notice new chairs on the 4th<\/sup> and 5th<\/sup> floors.\u00a0 More than half of the original chairs were replaced with updated desk chairs and lounge seating.\u00a0 We expect this will help you study even longer in the library.<\/p>\n

On the third floor, power poles were installed at most of the group study tables.\u00a0 This was made possible using very thin under-carpet power strips and should eliminate the need for most of those extension cords that crisscrossed the aisles, tripping anyone who tried to walk while texting.<\/p>\n

\"New<\/p>\n

New carpet was also installed on the third floor.\u00a0 Although we have many fond memories of the old stained carpet, there were few tears when it went away.<\/p>\n

A three-panel video wall was installed above the Reference Desk in O\u2019Neill Library.\u00a0 While similar to the monitors elsewhere in the library and on campus, the video wall allows content to be displayed on separate screens or across multiple screens.\u00a0 The intent is to display the many ways that information is available, whether via live TV, web streams, data visualizations, or other video content.\u00a0 This is the first video wall installed at BC, so we\u2019re excited to explore the possibilities.\u00a0 If you have suggestions for interesting content, please let us know.<\/p>\n

\"O'Neill<\/p>\n

Behind the scenes (or rather walls and ceiling), cabling is being installed for additional security cameras and electronic door locks.\u00a0 We don\u2019t care to know if you are sleeping or awake, but we do want O\u2019Neill be a safe place for everyone to work.<\/p>\n

Finally, a new vending machine will soon be added on the 1st<\/sup> floor that will dispense office supplies, headphones, cables, etc.\u00a0 We worked with the Bookstore to identify the most commonly purchased items, and they will continue to evaluate what gets purchased and stock the machine with the most essential items.<\/p>\n

We hope that all of these changes will help to make O\u2019Neill library even more welcoming, comfortable, and usable for everyone who studies here.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

We\u2019ve spent the summer making the library a better place for research and collaboration.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":36,"featured_media":462,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[48],"series":[47],"coauthors":[52],"class_list":["post-455","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-article","tag-fall-2017","series-fall2017"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/455","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/36"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=455"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/455\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":472,"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/455\/revisions\/472"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/462"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=455"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=455"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=455"},{"taxonomy":"series","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/series?post=455"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=455"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}